NEW PLANS for a NEW YEAR! Check out these shows as you begin to do your own organizing #488 Preparing Middle Schoolers for Life, #482 Down Time, #363 Managing Our Kids' Screen Time, #337 Multitasking Kids, #194 Helping Kids Get Organized and #191 Kids and Chores

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Hundreds of thousands of listeners across the U.S. and (via American Forces Radio) around the world tune in weekly to Parents' Perspective. Caring adults find help with topics as diverse as schools in a stressful time, parents as advocates, stepfamilies, playground safety, risk-taking behavior, toddlers and media, helping children learn to manage money, and what teens want their parents to know. Fifty per cent of listeners are male. Experts in such fields as child development, medicine, nutrition, psychiatry, education, sports, social work, child care, and law enforcement provide up to date information and resources.

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Guests are frequently world renowned, often entertaining, and always stimulating. The daughter of a terrorist discussed helping children reject hatred; a county executive related how he dealt with anxious residents during sniper attacks; a social worker (who is also a bereaved parent) provided encouragement and support for parents who have lost a child; and a psychologist with adult children in the armed forces discussed issues arising when soldiers return to their families.

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Recent Shows

313. Teaching Children to be Charitable

Carol Weisman, author, Raising Charitable Children; works with philanthropic organizations, fundraising, volunteerism, and nonprofit governance.

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RESOURCES

www.guidestar.org


312. Rejecting Hatred

Tawfik Hamid, M.D., physician and educator, former member, terrorist organization Al Gama’a.

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311. Maternal Depression

Tracy Thompson, award-winning journalist, author, The Ghost in the House: Motherhood, Raising Children, and Struggling with Depression.

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RESOURCES

www.wellmother.com/postpartum.html

www.betterbirthfoundation.com

Postpartum Depression, Support and Education http://infotrail.com/dad/dad.htm

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Information & Service Center 800-950-NAMI (6264)
National Institute of Mental Health www.nimh.nih.gov

National Mental Health Association–Includes specifically a tip sheet for “healthy parenting for mothers with depression”

American Psychological Association

Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy

Information on cognitive therapy from the founder, Aaron Beck

Tracy Thompson’s blog www.maternallychallenged.typepad.com


309. Temper Tantrums

Lise Becker Vezina, Ph.D., Associate Director of Training in Professional Psychology, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine, Children’s National Medical Center

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308. Middle School Years

Eileen Bernstein, NCSC, LCPC, Counselor at Gaithersburg High School

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307. Smart Kids, Learning Problems

Sue Jeweler and Rich Weinfeld, authors, Smart Kids with Learning Difficulties, written with Linda Barnes-Robinson and Betty Roffman Shevitz

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Click here to buy Smart Kids With Learning Difficulties at Amazon.com.


306. Holiday Stress

Risa Davis-Ganel, Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist

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305. Evaluation and Testing

Susan Van Ost, Ph.D., Director, Neuropsychological Assessments, The Educational and Neuropsychological Assessments and Solutions Center

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304. The Advice Conundrum

Advice for Young Parents – “The Advice Conundrum”
Carol Brimberg Schulman, M.D., pediatrician

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